Urban sprawl: A case study of Karnal city, Haryana, India

Pages: 152-154
Mala Sharma (Department of Geography, G.C.W. Rohtak)
Manju Sharma (Department of Geography, D.N. P. G. College, Hisar)

Urban sprawl of Karnal city within the last 39 years is observed in the present study which based on satellite imagery of LANDSAT TM (1972 and 1989) and LANDSAT ETM+ (2000), guipe map of the karnal city(1983) and toposheet at a scale of 1:50000. Census data have been incorporated to analyses the population growth and urban sprawl at different time periods. A number of factors are responsible for the specific development and sprawl such as transport network, industries, educational institutions and good living conditions etc.